political legitimacy, 295 – 6
political liberties, 262 , 269
political partiesseeparties.
political power, 5 , 9 – 12 , 15 , 18 , 21 , 34 , 77
political pressures, 33 , 64 , 74 , 156 , 281 , 307
political process, 76 , 98 , 100 , 177 , 190 , 274 , 314
political rights, 2 , 17 , 28 , 40 , 45 , 77 – 8 , 184 – 7
political stability, 11 , 19 , 24 – 7 , 48 , 121 , 139 , 383
‘polluter-pays’ principle, 362
pollution, environmental, 29 , 205 , 344 , 352 ,
358 – 61 , 365 – 6
popular opinionseepublic opinion.
popular sovereignty, 41 , 76 , 82 , 199 , 333
popular vote, 147 , 234 , 238
populism, 296 , 314
populist politics, 295 – 6
pork barrel, 301 – 2
power succession, 16 , 101 – 2 , 108 – 10 , 113 – 16
powers, 20 – 9 , 145 – 50 , 164 – 6 , 170 – 4 , 194 – 200 ,
221 – 3 , 327 – 31
constitutional, 23 , 82 , 313 , 320 , 328
of constitutional review, 23 , 28 , 123 – 4 , 195 , 210
co-ordination of, 199 , 204 , 209
emergency
seeemergency powers.
executive, 34 – 5 , 43 – 5 , 51 , 77 – 8 , 84 , 254
government, 5 , 95 , 141 – 4 , 286
judicial, 137 , 170 , 180 , 186 , 209 , 216 , 247 – 8
judicial review, 7 , 299 , 305 , 320
legislative
seelegislative power.
political, 5 , 9 – 12 , 15 , 18 , 21 , 34 , 77
presidential, 95 , 145 , 167
public, 2 , 32 , 95 , 196 , 199 – 200 , 209
separation of, 145 , 149 – 50 , 180 , 199 , 247 – 8 , 295 ,
322 – 4
state, 8 , 23 , 40 , 111 , 194 , 198 – 9 , 207 – 9
PPP (People’s Power Party), 240 – 1
PR (Pakatan Rakyat), 244 – 5 , 252 , 255 , 267 – 9 , 380
PRC (People’s Republic of China)seeChina.
precedence, 249 , 268
precedent, 40 , 119 , 137 , 196 , 288
predictability, 384 , 397
presidency
Burma, 226
China, 139
Indonesia, 325 , 336
North Korea, 107 – 11
Philippines, 27 , 295 , 297 , 303 , 315
Singapore, 276 , 279 , 282
Taiwan, 21
presidential elections, 27 , 80 – 2 , 88 , 91 , 96 , 148 – 51 ,
296 – 7
direct, 28 , 78 , 142 , 146
presidential emergency decrees, 81 – 2
presidential impeachment, 80 , 146 , 161 , 325
presidential powers, 95 , 145 , 167
presidential systems, 8 , 77 , 147 , 323 – 7 , 331 , 337
presidents, 77 – 80 , 107 – 11 , 145 – 8 , 153 – 63 , 226 – 8 ,
302 – 3 , 324 – 7
prestige, 249 – 52 , 382
preventive detention, 245 , 255 – 9 , 274
Pridi Banomyong, 235
prime ministers, 64 , 224 – 6 , 233 – 5 , 240 – 1 , 248 – 9 ,
256 – 7 , 375 – 7
privacy, 56 – 7 , 99 , 105 , 295 , 298 , 309
rights, 289
private law, 30 , 405 , 407
private ownership, 105 – 7 , 112
private property, 119 , 130 , 140 , 309 – 10
private sphere, 296 , 307 , 372
privatisation, 347
privilege(s), 87 – 9 , 226 , 235 , 257 , 278 , 300 , 302 – 3
executive, 295 , 302 – 3
sectarian, 372
procedural democracy, 100
procuracies, 196 , 201 – 2 , 212 – 13 , 217
professional expertise, 137 , 281
progress, 2 – 3 , 14 , 31 , 94 , 128 , 152 , 382 – 3
orderly, 175 , 188
proletarian dictatorship, 106 , 108
property, 5 , 91 , 140 , 176 , 207 , 258 , 298
intellectual, 112 , 136
private, 119 , 130 , 140 , 309 – 10
rights, 22 , 38 – 9 , 49 , 91 , 310
proportional representation, 83 , 380 , 399
proportionality, 126 , 186 , 286 , 306 , 399
test, 87
prosecution, 201 – 2 , 212 , 244 , 257 , 269 , 283 , 318 – 19
public, 202 , 212
prosecutorial discretion, 271
prosecutors, 95 – 7 , 99 , 137 , 148 – 9
prosperity, 133 , 192
prostitution, 307
forced, 73
protests, 24 , 128 – 30 , 238 , 240 – 1 , 299 – 300 , 315
public, 295 – 6 , 299 , 313
pseudo-constitutions, 12 – 14
public accountabilityseeaccountability.
public authority, 117 , 140 , 183 , 300 , 358
public consultations, 24 , 178 , 188 , 217 , 237 , 382
public discourse, 16 , 23 , 123 , 262
public-figure doctrine, 291
public interest, 67 , 77 , 90 , 92 , 130 , 290 – 1 , 302
public-interest litigation (PIL), 168 , 361 , 365
public law, 14 , 32 , 183 , 395 , 406
public office, 291 , 314 , 317 , 351
public officials, 80 , 84 , 95 , 163 , 237 , 267 , 292